Baseball and life is so much alike. I dont really put all my status or the success I have in life on facebook but I want to share something bad with my friends. It really isnt bad but things just didnt go the my way I wanted it to go in life/baseball. Im in Indiana playing baseball having the worst tournament I had in my life. I was 1-10. For people that dont know anything about baseball, I got on base one time out of 10. Yes, that is very bad lol. I just couldnt believe what was going on. I was killing the ball all summer and had D1 schools ask about me and all that good stuff but I come way up here and cant hit worth anything. I can sit here and give you thousands of excuses. My hat wasnt on right, I didnt have my right baseball pants on, I didnt sleep good last night, my grandparents fussed at me, my ma wasnt there, I can go on and on but when it comes down to it, I was the one at home plate in that batter box. There wasnt nobody else there but me. I could have gave up and threw my hands in the air and said I quit. Then who was I really hurting in the end? I wouldnt be hurting my coach, my family, only person I will be hurting will be myself. As long as the pitcher was throwing curve balls, I said to myself I will keep swinging because if I quit I will never know if I could do better. Just got done playing and I strike out 3 times! I was so disappointed in myself. First time I had a positive mine still didnt do good. Second time I doubted myself a little. Because of my mindset my results were terrible. Third time I just didnt want to be there. I just wanted to run to the car and pack my bags and just come home! Then I thought to myself, from this book I have read by Frederick Douglass, if there is no struggle, there is no progress. Then the light bulb came on. I just told myself to just keep fighting and swinging! The game was on the line! The score was 4-4 and I was up. I knew everybody was saying this was an easy out because I knew I would have myself. As I was walking to the plate, I told myself D, stay hot. This made me forget everything I have done in the past and focus on this opportunity that Gods has given me! I end up with a triple and later gone head and score to put my team up and we won the game! The reason I sat and wrote this wasnt to say Im the best player because you can see I have failed but one thing I didnt do was quit! The difference between me and other players isnt that Im bigger, Im faster, or any of that. But what separate me is my mindset! No matter what people say you will not get to me. I will look and smile and keep going on by my business. Never let anybody tell you what you cant do some thing because if you dont believe in yourself nobody else will! You are in that batter box and nobody else will be there with you. Ask yourself will you quit or will you fight?
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:34:30 +0000
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